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PUBLISHED – Valentine’s Proposal Featured on 100 Layer Cake

In January, I found myself in Malibu, California for a very special purpose. Sure, I was escaping the cold weather, but I was also attending Caroline Tran’s Propel Workshop. Think of it as 10 photographers living, working, and shooting together for four days. It’s completely amazing. As part of the workshop, we did a very special Valentine’s Day themed proposal with Merrill & Tim. Today, I’m thrilled to announce that the session has been featured on 100 Layer Cake!

The feature includes photos from numerous amazing photographers, and some of my own. I’d like to offer a special thanks to Amanda and the group at 100 Layer Cake. Also, huge thanks to Wilmarose Orlanes of Lovely Jubilee. She styled the session and did an amazing job. Also, thanks to Caroline Tran and the team from Skybox Events. Caroline lead a wonderful workshop and it was all organized by Ngoc at Skybox.

I’ll have more coverage from the workshop coming soon, and many more images to share. For now, enjoy a couple highlights below. For complete details and more photos from the session, check out this separate post.

Valentine's Day proposal featured on 100 Layer Cake with film wedding photographier Hunter Photographic

Propel styled valentines engagement session

Molly & Dave – A Custom Heirloom Wedding Album & Presentation Box

After each wedding there is a ton of work to be done. All the photos must be downloaded, backed up, culled and selects edited. Then digital copies are uploaded for online presentation, client discs created and meetings scheduled. Most important is drafting my clients’ wedding album. I always present clients with a draft album design because it eases the design process. Clients may choose to change a little or a lot, but a good draft offers an excellent starting place. The final album and presentation box just arrived for Molly and Dave, and I could not be more amazed with the results.

Molly and Dave's custom heirloom wedding album and proof presentation box

Like so many of my clients, Molly and Dave chose a matching proof presentation box and wedding album crafted personally for them by the amazing team at Cypress Albums. For the exterior, they chose soft tones of platinum and green. The Heirloom album is wrapped beautifully in Japanese bookbinding silk, debossed with their names and wedding date. They also choose to include a presentation box to preserve and protect their wedding album. The box is also a great display piece. Concerning color, their choice reflects something I recommend – match the exterior design to your home decor instead of your wedding colors. This is because the album often ends up on display.

Molly and Dave's custom heirloom wedding album and proof presentation box

For the interior design, Molly and Dave chose to stick with our contemporary, clean look. The wedding photos are simply presented on a white background to best highlight the imagery. This clean design is always in fashion, so their wedding photos won’t suffer from changing trends. Molly and Dave also chose to include detail photos, which provide context to the album.

Molly and Dave's custom heirloom wedding album and proof presentation box

Completing the set is the proof presentation box. Each wedding photos is professional printed and presented in the gorgeous box by Cypress. Like the wedding album, Molly and Dave chose to match proof box to the album design. I love how the soft green ribbon ties the two together.

Molly and Dave's custom heirloom wedding album and proof presentation box

A big thanks to Brooke for modeling. The album weights a ton, so I needed a strong lady. I love you, Sweetheart. For those reading, I just go word more results are shipping my way. Hopefully I will have a chance to show more client designs in the near future.

Published – The Knot Magazine – Holly & Brian

It’s really rough spending Christmas in Florida with family. Of course, I’m saying this with a pound of sarcasm. It was weird being in the warm Pensacola climate at Christmas time, but we survived just fine. The 15-hour drive home seemed to take forever, but I was greeted with some amazing news when we arrived.

As I always do, I promptly fetched the mail from our mailbox. Stuffed inside was about 25 pounds of late holiday cards, Christmas catalogs, and other detritus. However, hiding among the treasured cards and other trash was a curious little package. In a Christmas habit, I gave the package a squeeze and a shake. Then it hit me! I tore into the package and was greeted by long awaited, but temporarily forgotten news. The new Knot Magazine had arrived.

I am pleased as punch to announce that a Hunter Photographic wedding has been featured in The Knot Magazine for the second time in a row. For the Spring /Summer 2012 issue, the editors of the Knot reached out to me and requested a fresh wedding right off my site. They chose Holly and Brian’s amazing wedding at Lantern Court and Holden Arboretum in Kirtland, Ohio. I was not surprised at all when the Knot requested the wedding. Holly and Brian’s wedding is definitely one of my favorites from this year. It was so special in so many ways.

I was just there to capture the moment. Holly and Brian deserve all the credit for planning such a unique wedding. Also, special thanks to Carri-An at Holden Arboretum for presenting such an amazing venue and for being a gracious help. Also, kudos to JMS Originals for putting together such amazing flowers. The flowers were truly unique. Lastly, Cakes by Maria & Joe put together a fabulous cake. I hear it was very tasty!

As I noted above, this is the second Knot Magazine feature in a row for us. Jamie and Ethan’s wedding was featured in the last issue. Looking forward, I will have a lot of good news to share over the next few weeks. More publications, blog posts, and new ideas are coming soon. To say the least, 2012 is going to be a truly special year. I hope everyone has a bright and beautiful 2012!

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